Sewing-machine table.



PATENTED. SEPT. 24, 1907.

L. B. HENDERSON. SEWING MACHINE TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1906.

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PATENT, OFFICE.

LOUISA BURNHAM HENDERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEWING-MACHINE TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed August 22,1906. Serial No. 331,551.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUISA BURNHAM HENDERSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York city, New York, has invented certain newand useful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Tables, of which the followingis a clear, full, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved table support, toeffect a flush work plate for a sewing machine of that type in which theplate and sewing head are mounted upon a support rigid therewith andbeneath the plate.

In carrying out this invention I provide a support beneath the tabletop, to which the pedestal of the machine sewing head may be detachablysecured and I so cut out the table top that it may fit the contour ofthe machine on the horizontal plane of its work plate. I prefer to placethe sewing head in place from the top of the table, to accomplish whichpurpose I provide a portion of the table top removable so that it may beinserted after the machine has been slid into place. This removable partalso permits the operator to readily get at stitch changing or othermechanism often located beneath the surface of the work plate.Additional removable plates may be provided if desired for access tothread or thread take up wheels. While the support for the sewing headmay be of any form below the' table top, I prefer to provide it in theguise of a box below,the top and to allow the chief removable plate torest upon it for stability.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of amachine table and machine in part according to my invention; and Fig. 2is a section on line 22 Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings, the machine M is the well known Wilcox & Gibbsautomatic having a work plate P, wheel W, and a take-up wheel guard 11,and stitch changing lever 10 below the plate P. A winged bolt B beingprovided for securing the pedestal of the machine in place.

According to this invention I attach uprights 4, 5 to the under side ofthe table top which support a strong box bottom 3. I so cut the tabletop as to form an opening having a straight front, parallel to the frontof the table top and two straight sides while the rear line of theopening is shaped to fit the contour of the machine in the plane of itswork plate. I may supply short strips 6 and 7 along the sides of theopening formed, so that a plate 2 shaped to conform to the front contourof the machine and to the opening thus made may rest upon the box front12 and the strips 6 and 7 and when in place present the appearance of aflush table top. I prefer to provide a finger hole 9 in the detachablepart of the top to enable its ready removal.

A plate 1 may be inserted at the left of the work plate P and beprovided with a finger hole 8 as shown. The wood of the table top may becut out as indicated in dotted lines to retain the plate 1.

While I have shown the removable section of the top to be in front, thisis not essential as it might be otherwise placed so long as an openingis left in the machine.

I claim as my invention: 1. A sewing machine, in combination with atable top support below the table top, a pedestal for the sewing machinebelow its work plate adapted to entirely support said machine, saidpedestal being secured to said rigid support.

2. A sewing machine head, a work plate and a pedestal below the workplate, in combination with a table top, a support for the pedestal belowthe table top, said table top having an opening shaped substantiallyaccording to the contour of the machine on a plane with its work plate,a portion of the table top on the edge of the opening thus formed beingremovable.

3. A sewing machine head, a work plate and a pedestal below the workplate, in combination with a table top, a support for the pedestal belowthe table top, said table top having an opening shaped substantiallyaccording to the contour of the machine on a plane with its work plate,a portion of the table top on the edge of the opening thus formed beingremovable, and supports below the table top for said removable portion.

4. A sewing machine head, a work plate and a pedestal below the Workplate, in combination with a table top, a support for the pedestal belowthe table top, said table top having an opening shaped substantiallyaccording to the contour of the machine on a plane with its work plate,said support being in the form of a box.

Signed at New York city this 20th day of August 1906.

LOUISA BURNHAM HENDERSON.

Witnesses F. WARREN WRIGHT, BEATRICE Mnmis.

top when it is removed to permit the insertion of the having an openingthrough which the upper part and work. plate of the sewing machine mayfreely project, a rigid.

